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` cusPmoR. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 5. 1916.v

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PETER IP. FIGUEROA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUSPIDOR.

` Specification of Letters Patent. Patient-.(511 Sept, E), 19H21,

AApplication filed October 5, 1916. Serial No. 123,871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Pn'rnn P. FIGUEROA,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the countyof, New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuspidors and its object is to provide thesaine for public use and to be mounted 0n a pedestal or under the top ofa counter, desk or chair seat and norm-ally under cover but which may bedrawn 0r swung out for use and will return to its proper location whenreleased and at the same time toI rotate or move advertising signs orpictures .grouped about the device for ornamentation or utility. Theseand other details and objects of the invention will be more fullydescribed in the following specification, set forth in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying wherein;

Figure 1, is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view above the cuspidor drawer.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the disinfecting spray.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional vie-w of the cuspidor and its drawer.

Ordinarily cuspidors are located on floors and at some distance from-theuser and in, consequence they often fail in their purpose and the floorin their vicinity soon becomes filthy. Another deficiency in theordinary cuspidor is the lack of means for destroying or preventing theincrease of disease germs and the elimination of odors.

'Ihe present invention is designed to overcome these objectionablefeatures and at the same time to provide an ornamental and useful standto not only contain the cuspidor, but exhibiting in its various sidesand displaying pictures, advertisements or pockets containing circulars,cards or time tables. The whole may be surmounted by a gas jet or aligure carrying the same.

In the various views of the cuspidor 5, it is shown as being made ofsheet metal and is a tray of sufiicient depth for the purpose andlocated in a drawer 6 having a hinged front 7 to permit the readyremoval of the cuspidor and a rear compartment 9 in which may be locatedthe spraying solution and the devices for delivering the same into thedrawings,

cuspidor 5 with each retraction of Ithe drawer to eliminate the odors or,destroy the injurious germs therein. v i

In Figs. 2 and 3 will be seen `a small tank 9 to contain a disinfectingliquid and con` nected with one side of the tank is a cylinder 10 havinga piston 11 j ust about to close the inlet 12 when the drawer is openbut permitting the liquid to lill the lower end of the cylinder. pidorcloses it strikes the head 18 of the stem 111 and forces the pistoninward, closing the inlet and forcing a small amount of the liquid outof `the nozzle 15 .and spraying the contents of the cuspidor.

The drawer 6 when pulled out unwinds the strap 16 from the spring drum17 and consequently when the drawer is released it automatically returnsto `the casing 18, a pull 6 being provided to manipulate the drawer.

The .casing 18 is supported by the upright 19 and base 2O while on itstop is an upright 21 carrying a frame 25, preferably po lygon-al andhaving panels 26 on its sides and sloping panels 27 atits upper end. Atthe outer end of sleeve 22 may be located some ornamental figure 28carrying` a gas jet 29 for lighting cigars and depending from the casing18 may be panels 30 for signs or pictures, or they may be boxes tocontain cards, hand bills, time tables, etc.

It is obvious that this invention is susceptible of other modified formsto satisfy special wants and locations and that they may be adoptedwithout departing from the essential features above described or fromthe scope of the appended claims.

rlhe device lmay be mounted on an ornamental pedestal and placed at someconvenient spot where cuspidors are needed and the panels `around therevolving frame filled. with pictures, mirrors or advertiselnen Thefigure at the top of the device may be either for a, light or a waterjet, or may also carry an advertisement.

"Ihe casing mav also be secured to a wall or a counter and the pivotedcuspidor may be secured beneath the side of a bed, chair or otherfurniture. It is evident that the spraying device may be supplied withwater to flush the pan if found desirable.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a cuspidor, the combination of a pedestal, a housing at the top ofsame. a drawer in the housing, means for returning When the drawer withthe cus! the drawer to the housing, a euspidor in thtxv drawer, a tankfor a disinfectant, a spray pipe for the latter, a pump, and means foractuating' the puinp when the drawer is closed to spray the ouspidor.

2. In a cuspidor, the combination ofY a pedestal, a boX thereon with arear chain- Y ber, a drawer, a Spring in the Chamber and adapted toretract the drawer, a rese Voir the spray pipe into the drawer.

Signed at New York, in the county of New l5 York and State of New Yorkthis 23 day of September, A. D. 1916.

PETER P. FIGUEROA.

Copies of Athis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

